Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Warong M. Nasir

Thought, for a cheap thrill, that I'd try to be the first one to post about today's lunch at Warong M. Nasir - beating out the ever efficient Ivan as well as the vacationing Cheryl, Superfinefeline and Umami (ok, so Umami would argue she's not on vacation, and hearing her stressful moving stories, I'm inclined to agree, Paris or no Paris).

The lunch was part of a month-long drive to ensure that Umami gets to eat all the necessary before departing for colder and decidedly less spicy shores. Happily for me, lunch also gave me an opportunity to try a new eating place, and the combination of good food and good company made it very pleasant indeed.

Will let the pictures do the talking, save these few observations:- Warung M. Nasir has to be one of the most comfortable nasi padang places in town. Air-conditioning, artwork on cherry red walls, Antonio Carlos Jobim playing over the speakers... sure beats dripping sweat and choping tables with tissue paper packets. They even have a modest wine fridge.- The beef rendang, highly recommended by a conspicuously absentJoone, was excellent, moist and tender and dense with kecap manis-like caramelized sweetness. Didn't get a close pic but here's its cousin (not literally, that would be messed up) the chicken rendang instead - this was dry fiery in contrast and a bit too spicy for my weak taste buds.- The beef tongue, despite looking very attractive, received fairly negative feedback (that's it in the bottom left corner). Being a coward when it comes to eating odd bits, I sheepishly passed, but felt somewhat vindicated when words such as "spongy" were later tossed around to describe it. - Umami's Spider-sense detected a fresh batch of fried potato wedges creeping up from behind her. These turned out fabulous, covered in crispy sweet white bait and bits of chili. If you strain your eyes, you can just make it out as the plate stacked on top of the stir fried spinach :)

For a parting pic, see what happens when you lunch with food bloggers? A group paparazzi moment...

8 Comments:

Hi anon, heh good spot! We actually had quite a debate at the table about this - most were convinced it was indeed beef lung, but the proprietor did seem to also say very clearly that it was tongue. Looks like we'll have to go back to confirm :)

Hi lavender cupcaker, yes it was really good! Do give it a try and let us know how you find it! And thanks for remembering me :) Will be in France this Christmas but unfortunately not stopping through Paris... but will try to pick something up for you :)

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Finally 28! Looking forward to hitting the big 3-0 and getting the party started. The 20s are way too serious for my liking.
Job-wise, I'm technically in finance and investments. Pretty appropriate, since the point of my working is to finance my gastronomical obsessions and to allow me to invest in random shiny kitchen equipment. Oh, and the shoes, lovely shoes! ......
Married to a wonderful guy who is strangely French on the outside, Beijinger on the inside. "Bonjour, ni zai gan shaRRR?" ......
Recently moved back to my spawning ground of Katong and rediscovering the joys of life in the East. The days are not long enough for all the eating that needs to be done!